[TR] Re Facebook

[Paul Tegler]

The diff is we learned HOW/why computers worked as it and we, grew up.
The kids today, it's a tool only. Hell many draw a blank stare when 
confronted with
clockwise counter clockwise, or can't understand a rotary dial phone was 
simpler
than a digital key press.

My most favorite bumper sticker also demonstrates this point.....
Oem Millennial Anti Theft Protected

Every Triumph (97+%?) came with them.

ptegler

On 11/4/2024 6:45 PM, dave northrup wrote:
> I am 70 and in IT.  People always say that the young folk know all 
> about computers and technology.  They don't.   I run circles around 
> them and am constantly amazed at how little they really know
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: John Macartney <johnbmacartney at gmx.com>
> Date: 11/4/24 4:17 PM (GMT-06:00)
> To: keithstewart at bell.net
> Cc: dave northrup <dave at ranteer.com>, triumphs at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [TR] Re Facebook
>
> Hi, Keith,
>
> An interesting query appropriate to the day. Only this afternoon, I 
> was driving two grandsons (in teens) and with a same age friend home 
> from school. On the way and stuck in traffic, I was asked if I thought 
> smartphone technology was advantageous to my lifestyle. I said it 
> wasn’t, explaining I only use my phone to make and receive the 
> occasional call or to send/receive the even more occasional text. I 
> don’t use it for anything else and when using my mobility scooter in 
> populated areas I tend to not avoid those who can’t walk anywhere 
> unless they’re glued to a handheld screen and oblivious to everything 
> surrounding them. So I just drive at them because the scooter has 
> outstanding brakes. Twenty plus years ago, I refused to allow my 
> company provided car to be fitted with a car phone because driving in 
> this overcrowded island then demanded total attention at all times. 
> It’s even worse now. My boss and his boss were of the same view so I 
> was ‘protected’ from those who held divergent opinions. Some years 
> later, i had a colleague who never answered his employer provided 
> smartphone if he was driving and would throw it out of the window 
> whenever it rang. He got through a lot of phones in the course of a 
> year until it was decided to give him a telephone credit card instead.
> But I’m not totally resistant to technology and spend a lot of time 
> writing on my laptop. In fact, I’ve got my second Life at Triumph book 
> almost ready for publication but I just can’t get my head around the 
> technology provided by Amazon and Kindle. Each time I try, everything 
> goes “tits up” and I manage to blow a memory somewhere.
>  Perhaps little Poppy, my three year old grand-daughter could help 
> there? Most kids of almost any age have forgotten more than I’ve ever 
> learned on the cyber tech front so maybe I’ll ask Poppy for her help?
>
> Cheers, John
>
> > On 4 Nov 2024, at 20:49, <keithstewart at bell.net> 
> <keithstewart at bell.net> wrote:
> >
> > I am shocked John. When dd you become clunky and boring? Did you use 
> OEM parts/enhancements, or were they aftermarket? Were the changes you 
> made reversible, or have you permanently made the adjustment?
> >
> > Cheers
> > Keith
> >
> > Keith Stewart
> > keithstewart at bell.net
> > https://keith-stewart.ca/
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Macartney <johnbmacartney at gmx.com>
> > Sent: November 3, 2024 4:51 PM
> > To: dave at ranteer.com
> > Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
> > Subject: [TR] Re Facebook
> >
> > For reasons unknown to me, BookFace closed my account without saying 
> why. To be honest I read so many posts on it covering a plethora of 
> subjects - the majority of which were unsolicited and I’m now SO glad 
> to be rid of the damned thing and I certainly won’t be going there 
> again. This list may not be as heavily trafficked as it was 20 plus 
> years ago but I still prefer it to other web based alternatives that 
> are clunky to navigate and generally rather boring.
> > But I guess I’ve reached an age where I’m likely to others to be 
> clunky and boring so it evens out all round for everyone.
> >
> > Heigh-ho
> >
> > Jonmac
> >
> >
>
>
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